Re: [feature suggestion] Add 'git stash export', 'git stash import' commands to allow to backup stash externally

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: May 6, 2021, 10:45 UTC
Message-ID: <6093c8b236630_32572086a@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <8c802d6a-3cba-4c10-0430-0dbf95a56760@rawbw.com>

Yuri wrote:

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> On 5/6/21 1:40 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> > No. Commits are most definitely not public. Not unless you do
> > `git push`, and only if you push to a public repository.
> >
> > I have countless commits on local branches that nobody would every see.
> > Many on a "tmp" branch.
> 
> So you advocate to use branches? If branches are same or better than 
> stash, why was the stash feature created?

Branches are for long-term sequences of useful commits.

Stashes are for short-term crappy commits.

They serve a different purpose.

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Felipe Contreras